Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Working while Traveling

I'm back! After a two-week trip, I'm home and sitting in front of my keyboard.

While on vacation, I did post a prerecorded podcast episode, but did not follow through with my plan to record another episode while on vacation.

I did, however, have more success on the writing front. In addition to taking care of publishing business as it arose, I did at least some writing every day. I wrote a 6,500-word story and several chapters on two works in progress. Some days I did very little, just a token 200 or so words to keep my streak alive, but I had plenty of days around 1,000 words.

A few takeaways on working while traveling:

I get an emotional lift from knowing that I at least did a little something every day, which allows me to enjoy my vacation more fully.

I don't need a vacation from my work. I love my work and seldom feel the need to take a break.

It takes less than ten minutes a day to write 200 words, so it's basically zero effort or commitment to do so.

It is possible to write when you're away from your regular work station. While on vacation, I wrote on the plane, in a moving vehicle (I wasn't driving), during commercial breaks while watching television, in a bookstore coffee shop, sitting on a bed... It was weird at first, and not my preferred way of writing, but as with most "writing blocks" it was really a matter of getting started.

Most of the reasons we "can't" write aren't truly "can'ts" but are "don't feel like its." Essentially procrastination and task avoidance.

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David Wood is an Action-Adventure and Speculative Fiction author and a podcaster. His bestselling Dane Maddock Adventures series was licensed by Amazon for its Kindle Worlds program. He is a member of International Thriller Writers, a second dan black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and a long-suffering fan of the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons. David and his family live in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.